CVE-2004-1278

Exp

Buffer overflow in the switch_voice function in parse.c for jcabc2ps 20040902 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted ABC file.

Published: 2005-01-10 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2004-1278 is rated High Exploit Risk (83.8/100): CVSS Critical severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 3.41%). Core evidence: 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Mandatory action: Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2004-1278

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2004-1278

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2025-03-30 4.78% 3.41% -1.37%
2 2025-03-29 3.41% 4.78% +1.37%
3 2025-03-17 3.41%

Full EPSS history (6 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2004-1278

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
10.0 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:C)
Complete confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:C)
Complete integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:C)
Complete availability impact.
10.0 10.0 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2004-1278

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2004-1278

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
abc2ps abc2ps 1.2 cpe:2.3:a:abc2ps:abc2ps:1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
john_chambers jcabc2ps 2004-09-02 cpe:2.3:a:john_chambers:jcabc2ps:2004-09-02:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2004-1278

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